Black-backed Fruit Dove - BirdForum Opus

Photo by James Eaton
Location: Bipolo, W.Timor, Indonesia

Ptilinopus cinctus

Identification

32-34 cm (12-13¾ in)

• White head, neck and upper breast
• Black back and upperwing gradually becoming lighter towards a grey rump
• Black tail with broad grey terminal band
• Grey underparts
• White head and neck

Distribution

Bali to Lesser Sunda Islands.

Taxonomy

Black-banded Fruit Dove was formerly included as a subspecies.

Subspecies

There are 6 subspecies [1]:

• P. c. baliensis: Bali
• P. c. albocinctus: Lesser Sundas (Lombok, Sumbawa and Flores)
• P. c. everetti: Lesser Sundas (Pantar and Alor)
• P. c. cinctus: Lesser Sundas (Timor and Romang), Moluccas (Wetar)
• P. c. lettiensis: Moluccas (Leti, Moa, Luang, Sermata and Teun)
• P. c. ottonis: Moluccas (Damar, Babar and Nila)

Habitat

Rainforest and wooded areas.

Behaviour

Diet

Little has been recorded, but they most likely eat fruit and berries.

References

1. Clements, J. F., T. S. Schulenberg, M. J. Iliff, D. Roberson, T. A. Fredericks, B. L. Sullivan, and C. L. Wood. 2015. The eBird/Clements checklist of birds of the world: v2015, with updates to August 2015. Downloaded from http://www.birds.cornell.edu/clementschecklist/download/
2. Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive (retrieved August 2015)
3. Wikipedia

• List of references

Recommended Citation

• BirdForum Opus contributors. (2025) Black-backed Fruit Dove. In: BirdForum, the forum for wild birds and birding. Retrieved 17 May 2025 from https://www.birdforum.net/opus/Black-backed_Fruit_Dove

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